What are the Impacts of Server Airflow Leakage in Data Centers?

Today’s modern data center is an intricate design based on scalability and efficiency. In the past, data centers were designed based on density with little consideration towards air flow and aisle temperature containment. With higher density servers and a larger demand on core infrastructure efficiencies, facilities professionals are looking at ways to resolve airflow issues and better their aisle containment strategies.

Inefficient airflow can have several negative ramifications on a data center environment. Poor server performance and wasted energy resources are just a few of the drawbacks when an environment is not properly maintained. Ramification of Server Airflow Leakage in Data Centers with Aisle Containment, a white paper from Tate, examines several best practices and considerations in properly designing the airflow of your data center. Some of the covered topics include:

Hot and Cold Aisle Containment

Creating an Ideal Containment Model

Server Airflow Design and Testing

Analyzing a “leaky” server model and their impact

The Cost Effectiveness of a Proper Solution

Facilities engineers must continuously innovate their data center environments to ensure optimal performance. Whether it’s properly aligning racks or creating the right airflow methodology – an efficient data center can go a long way in ensuring good server performance and great cost savings.

About the Author

Bill Kleyman is a veteran, enthusiastic technologist with experience in data center design, management and deployment. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as the Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm.

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